Apparel-corset.



D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 11, 1912.

Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

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DANIEL KOPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPAREL-CORSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

Application filed October 11, 1912. Serial No. 725,104.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL Kors, a citizen ofthe United States of America, residing in the borough of Manhattan,city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements'in Apparel-Corsets, of which the following is aspecification.

My present invention is designed as an improvement upon or addition tothe apparel corset structure shown and described in my application forLetters Patent, filed June 1, 1912, Serial-No. 700,936, with the objectof applying a tension against the too ready opening-out of the plaitstructure, consequently imparting an increased reducing tendency overthe upper portions of the limbs. Like the device of said application,the device of the present invention does not relate to a corset havingabdominal characteristics, but to a corsetadapted to control andre-shape the upper portions of the limbs. In the device of my presentinvention, I have added to each of the two complementary members at thefront of the corset below the stays and front steels, and which areprovided wit-h a tapering plait,

an elastic webbing strap connected at about the side to the corset skirtand at the other end to the edge of a complementary member and at theedge of the plait, hence the plait cannot be opened out withoutstretching the elastic webbing, consequently in a sitting position ofthe wearer, the plait is not so quickly and readily opened resulting ina greater tension, and when released in a standing position of thewearer, is more quickly closed, all of which is hereinafter moreparticularly set forth.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation of the inner surface of thecorset and at the lower front portion thereof, and Fig. 2 is a sectionalplan at the broken line 00 00 of Fig. 1 looking down in the direction ofthe indicating arrows.

A portion of one-half of the fabric body of the corset is shown at a,and the skirt thereof at a b and c are hose supporters, the supporter 5coming at the side of the corset and consequently the side of the figureand the supporter 0 coming directly in front and depending from theinclined portion of the fabric below the front steel.

(Z represents one of the two complementary co-acting members, or fleshreducing sections provided at one edge, that is the free edge coming atthe center of the corset, with members of complementary fasteningdevices. This member (Z, as in my aforesaid application, may be offabric or of elastic fabric. (Z is the plait of the same, preferablytapering, widest at the lower edge of the corset and formed by a pieceof fabric folded upon itself with one edge connected to the skirt andthe other edge connected to an upright edge of the member (Z, the saidmember (Z and the plait 6Z1, together, forming a substantialcontinuation of the skirt (1 The member cl is wholly disconnected fromthe corset along the upper edge 2, but is connected along the verticaledge 3 to one edge of the plait, while the other edge of the plait isconnected to the skirt and the edge a of the skirt extends at leastpartially over the plait (Z The elastic strap 6 is connected at one endto the side of the skirt and side of the corset a approximately over thehose supporter o, and the same occupies substantially a horizontalposition with the opposite end connected to the edge of thecomplementary member d at the edge of the plait, so that when the plaitopens under tension the strap 6 is at once elongated and put undertension. The strap 6 therefore has a holding-back effect upon the member(Z, tending to keep the plait closed. This closing tendency is also inevidence, because the hose supporter formed of the two parts of foldedwebbing f f has one end connected to the skirt and the other end to theplait, consequently it tends, under tension, to keep the plait closed.Both closing effects are in evidence in a standing position of thewearer, and in a sitting position of the wearer the plait is not soreadily opened, because of the tension upon the elastic strap 6, whichtension also increases with the elongation of the strap, hence greatertension is applied for the performance of the function of thecomplementary member in conjunction with the skirt of the corset uponthe upper portion of the limb of the wearer.

While I have shown in the drawing an illustration of only one-half of acorset at the front and lower portion, it is of course to be understoodthat the other half of the I claim as my invention:

1. An apparel corset comprising in the front, below the front steels andboning, complementary co acting flesh reducing members adapted to beconnected together at the center of the corset, plaits which connect atone edge to one of the said members and at the other edge to the skirtof the corset, means for applying tension to the said members when thewearer of the corset is in a standing position, and elastic membersadapted to apply tension to the aforesaid members when the wearer of thecorset is in a sitting position, and thus regulate the extent to whichthe plaits are then open.

2. An apparel corset having in the front, below the front steels andboning, complementary co-acting flesh-reducing members adapted to bedirectly secured to one another at the center of the corset, plaits, onepartof each of which is connectedto one edge of one of the said membersand the other part of each of which is connected to the skirt of thecorset, and elastic straps each secured at one end to the skirt of thecorset at about the side of the wearer, and at the other end to theinner edge of one of the said members, to apply tension thereto anddetermine the extent to which the plaits open when the wearer is in aseated position.

3. An apparel corset having a skirt and comprising in the front, belowthe front steels and boning, complementary co-acting flesh-reducingmembers adapted to be connected together at the center of the corset,adjustable devices connecting the said members to the said skirts of thecorset, means for applying tension to the said members when the weareris in a standing position, and elastic members for applying tension tothe said members when the wearer of the corset is in a sitting position.

Signed by me this 7th day of October,

DANIEL KOPS. Witnesses:

BERTI-IA M. ALLEN, J. B. LE BLANC.

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